Fire damage

Main article: Elemental damage

Fire damage is one of the 10 main damage types of the game, typically inflicted by spells or on-hit effects caused by weapons like the Flail of Ages. A weapon would cause Physical damage provided it goes through Armor Class, and then an additional effect could add elemental damage.

Resistance to a damage type works as a percentage value that can go from -128 to 127:

• At 50% resistance, a creature takes 50% damage, rounded up. The rounding up happens before the damage halving from a successful saving throw (if applicable).
• At -50% resistance, a creature takes 150% damage
• At 0% resistance, a creature takes full damage
• At 100% resistance, it takes no damage
• At 110% resistance, it is healed by 10% of the damage

In Enhanced Editions, resistance to Physical and Poison damage is capped at 100%, and damage that you're immune to no longer interrupts spellcasting.

Protection from fire

See also: Category:Fire resistance

Temporary

Spells

Fire resistance spells

Name	Type	Level	Affects	Amount	Duration
Aura of Flaming Death	Divine	7th (HLA)	Self only	90% M,E	1 round/2 levels
Armor of Faith	Divine	1st	Self only	5% + 5% every 5 levels M	3 rounds + 1 round/level
Otiluke's Resilient Sphere	Arcane (Alteration)	4th	Self/other	All damage M	1 turn
Resist Fire and Cold	Divine	2nd	Self/other	50% M,E	1 round/level
Protection From Fire (wizard)	Arcane (Abjuration)	3rd	Self/other	50% M,E	1 turn/level
Protection From Fire (priest)	Divine	3rd	Self/other	80% M,E	3 rounds + 1 round/level
Fireshield (Red)	Arcane (Evocation)	4th	Self only	50% M,E	3 rounds + 1 round/level
Protection From The Elements	Arcane (Abjuration)	7th	Self/other	75% M,E	1 round/level
Protection From Energy	Arcane (Abjuration)	8th	Self/other	75% M,E	1 round/level

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Items

Fire resistance items

Name	Area of Effect	Amount	Duration
Potion of Fire Resistance	Self only	50% E	10 turns
Protection From Fire (protection scroll)	One creature	50% E	12 hours
Potion of Icedust	30 ft. radius	100% M,E	1 round
Potion of Magic Shielding	Self only	50% M,E	3 turns

Equipment

These items will provide elemental fire resistance as long as they are equipped. Any equipment that also resists magical fire is maked with M.

Fire resistance equipment

Name	Type	Amount
Batalista's Passport	Ring	+40%
Gift of Peace	Helmet	+20%
Helm of the Rock	Fighter-exclusive headgear	+25%
Darksteel Shield	Large shield	+10%
Dragon Helm	Helmet	+25%
Dragon Scale Shield	Medium shield	+25%
Icingdeath	Scimitar	+50%
Moonblade	Xan-exclusive weapon	+50%
Ring of Fire Control	Ring	+50%
De'Arnise Signet Ring	Nalia's unremovable ring	+50%
Ice Star	Morning star	+20% M
Darkfire Bow	Shortbow	+5% M
Delryn Family Shield	Anomen-exclusive medium shield	+30%
Ring of the Tiny Fiend	Ring	+10%
Daeros's Full Plate	Full plate armor	+40% M
Red Dragon Scale	Full plate armor	+50%
Belt of Antipode	Belt	-100%
Jegg's Leathers	M'Khiin-exclusive leather armor	+20%
The Bloodied Guardian	Large shield	+25% M
Solar Aegis	Caelar-exclusive shield	+40% M
Mage Robe of Fire Resistance	Mage robe	+20%
Robe of Red Flames	Mage robe	+30%
Robe of Invocation	Mage robe	+20%
Shield of Fyrus Khal	Medium shield	+10%
Helm of Brilliance	Helmet	+40%
Gorgon Plate	Plate mail armor	+15%
Darkmail	Chain mail armor	+20%
Aeger's Hide	Hide armor	+15%
Staff of Arundel	Quarterstaff	+10%

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Permanent/Innate

Some characters start with, or can gain resistance to fire with no equipment or magic required.

• Haer'Dalis has 25% natural fire resistance as a tiefling.
• Gorion's Ward can get a permanent 20% resistance to fire, cold, and electricity from the Test of Pride.
• Cavaliers have 20% resistance to fire innately.
• Druids get resistance to fire, cold, and electricity at certain high levels. 10% at level 18, 20% at level 21, and finally 30% at level 24 (total, not cumulative).
• Dragon Disciples gain 25% fire resistance every 4 levels, up to 100% at level 16.
• Drawing COMET from the Deck of Many Things grants +5% permanent fire resistance.

Damage from fire

See also: Category:Fire damage

Many spells are based on fire, as well as some abilities, and items may deal bonus or even pure fire damage.

Spells

Due to their purpose of healing and supporting, the arsenal of fire-based spells is much smaller for priests than for wizards.

Fire damage spells

Name	Type	Level	Affects
Burning Hands	Arcane (Alteration)	1	Area of Effect (Cone)
Chromatic Orb	Arcane (Evocation)	1	Single Target
Agannazar's Scorcher	Arcane (Evocation)	2	Area of Effect (straight line)
Flame Blade	Priest	2	Caster
Flame Arrow	Arcane (Evocation)	3	Single Target
Fireball	Arcane (Evocation)	3	Area of Effect
Flame Strike	Priest	5	Single Target
Delayed Blast Fireball	Arcane (Evocation)	5	Area of Effect
Sol's Searing Orb	Priest	6	Single Target
Fire Shield (Red)	Arcane (Evocation)	4	Caster
Fire Storm	Priest	7	Area of Effect
Incendiary Cloud	Arcane (Evocation)	8	Area of Effect
Sunfire	Arcane (Evocation)	5	Area of Effect
Fire Seeds	Priest	6	Area of Effect
Dragon's Breath	Arcane	HLA	Area of Effect
Comet	Arcane (Evocation)	HLA	Area of Effect
Aura of Flaming Death	Priest	HLA	Caster
Implosion	Priest	HLA	Single Target
Storm of Vengeance	Priest	HLA	Area of Effect

Items

Regular weapons with fire damage, besides ammunition for bows, weren't introduced until Baldur's Gate II.

Elemental

• Angurvadal
• Arrow of Detonation
• Arrow of Fire
• Blazing Glory
• Club of Detonation
• Dagger of the Star
• Dervish Crescent
• Dragon's Breath (item)
• Elements' Fury
• Firefly
• Firetooth (dagger)
• Firetooth (crossbow)
• Flail of Ages
• Flame Blade (item) (summoned by the spell of the same name)
• Helm of Brilliance (Fireball)
• Oil of Fiery Burning
• Potion of Explosions
• Potion of Fire Breath
• Staff of the Magi (Fireball/Lightning)
• Stonefire
• Sunstone Bullet
• Sword of Flame
• Sword of Troll Decapitation
• The Burning Earth
• The One Gift Lost
• The Suncatcher
• Wand of Fire
• Wand of the Heavens

Note: Despite its name, the Flame Tongue sword does not deal fire damage in the original game, but does 1 point in EE.

Magical

Elemental and magical

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Abilities

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Elemental

Magical

Elemental and magical

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Creatures, protected from fire

See also: Category:Protected from fire

Some creatures have a natural resistance against fire damage, some have special items equipped that protect them.

Elemental

• Balthazar's Solar Stance protects him completely from elemental fire damage.
• Dradeel is able to cast a spell that produces a weapon, giving him 50% fire resistance.Baldur's Gate (1998)
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• Drizzt Do'Urden's Icingdeath gives him 50% resistance against fire damage.
• Xan's Moonblade protects him at 50%, if it's the active weapon.
• Nalia's unremovable ring gives her 50% fire resistance.

Magical

• Abazigal can cast Armor of Faith with 25% resistance against magical fire.

Elemental and magical

• Chromatic Demon: the fiend at Watcher's Keep has 100% resistance against both types in its Tanar'ri and Elemental Air forms and as Shambling Mound, but 0% as Ice Golem.
• The Doomsayer has 50% fire resistance.
• All Fire elementals have fire resistance set above 100%, thus fire damage heals them.
• Gray Oozes are immune to fire.
• Belhifet and his goon Hephernaan, being devils are naturally immune to fire.
• Imix
• Planetar's
• Yaga-Shura and his kin
• Salamanders have 50% fire resistance.
• Most Golems have a varying degree of resistance.
• The Ravager
• Firkraag, being a red dragon is immune
• Most demons, including Balor, Nabassu, Demogorgon, the Demon Knight, Aesgareth and Aec'Letec.

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Creatures, dealing fire damage

Balor (Underdark) Imix Fire Giant Red Dragon Breath Magma Mephit

Magical

Elemental and magical

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